Sofia Coppola Sets A Date To Wed Rocker Beau

It looks like the end of August is shaping up to be filled with star weddings. Not only are Kim and Kris tying the knot on August 20, but we hear that Sofia Coppola will also be marrying Thomas Mars at the end of the month. On August 27, the director and rock-star couple will be joined by a small group of family and friends in Italy—specifically, Francis Ford Coppola’s Palazzo Margherita, a 19th Century property in Bernalda that is being restored and will soon be open to the public. And while we still have no word on who will be designing Sofia’s dress for the big day, rumors of Alaïa and Marc Jacobs are still going strong. Guess we’ll have to wait for the 27th to see who got the honors of making the cult director’s dress—must have lost our invitation in the mail! (Fashionologie)

Los Angeles deserves a round of applause this morning, because we’re this close to officially winning over another New York-based celeb. TMZ reports that Girls creator and star Lena Dunham has thrown down nearly $2.7 million on a beautiful home just south of the Sunset Strip. We spoke with Dunham’s real estate agent read

Sure, celebrating the beginning of spring and the glorious return of Daylight Saving Time is reason enough to be excited about March. But, we happen to have a host of other things we're stoked about this month — namely, all of the ridiculously cool events our fair city has up its sleeve. L.A. has so much going on read